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To: Ophiucus
That sort of thing only exists in the dim recesses of your mind.

The only thing dim is your ability to read. It was stated as a blanket statement. It is a fairy tale. You better go back and read again, the origianl post. I never let BS statement like that go unchallenged. The truth is LOTS AND LOTS of Republican do NOT support MANY of his policies. The author cited two. Both slam dunks that even many Democrats support.

When you can't refute what someone says, refute something they didn't say, works every time,,,,,, for strawmen.

1,068 posted on 01/22/2004 12:49:56 PM PST by Protagoras (When they asked me what I thought of freedom in America,,, I said I thought it would be a good idea.)
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To: Protagoras
Try to see this through your cranial incapacitation.

"The party is NOT broken, much to your dismay, I am sure. 91% support this president and his policies."

Do 91% of the Republican party support this president? Yes, his source showed that. AP and FoxNews has it 86-89% now.

Now to the part your atrophied grey cell is having a difficult time understanding: "91% support this president and his policies." A general statement of the support. Of course they support his policies if they approve of his job - if they hated his policies, they wouldn't approve."

Next, the article goes from general to specific. Policy A has x% support, policy B has y%.

No where was it said or implied that 91% supported 91% of his policies or 91% supported 100%.

It is a general point followed by specific points. It's how you write an article.

The fairy tale or straw man was yours. In your rabid desire to discredit anything Bush, you set up a false premise and demanded proof for something you knew was false and then accused Howlin of deceit when he failed to prove your false premise.

Perhaps you initially misread - or you were being intellectually dishonest as he responded.

1,111 posted on 01/22/2004 1:08:51 PM PST by Ophiucus
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